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When I grow up the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers

When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII-found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographi...

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Main Author: Krimstein, Ken (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language: English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2021.
Subjects:
Jewish youth > Lithuania > Biography.
Jewish youth > Europe, Eastern > Biography.
Jews > Lithuania > History > 20th century.
Jews > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Jews, Lithuanian > Biography.
Jews, European > Biography.
Jewish children in the Holocaust > Lithuania > Biography.
Jewish children in the Holocaust > Europe, Eastern > Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Lithuania > Personal narratives.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Europe, Eastern > Personal narratives.
Lithuania > History > 1918-1945 > Personal narratives.
Europe, Eastern > History > 1918-1945 > Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > Young adult.
Biographical comics > Young adult.
Nonfiction comics > Young adult.
Graphic novels > Young adult.
Creative nonfiction > Young adult.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Crossing the abyss
  • The before
  • The eighth daughter
  • The letter writer
  • The folk singer
  • The rule breaker
  • The boy who liked a girl
  • The skater
  • The after.

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